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of its rapidly growing shoots will make it a desirable plant for trellises 

 and porches far north of the region where it can pass the winters unin- 

 jured (fig. 1). The remarkable plushlike texture of the leaves, their 

 unusual dark-green color, the bright-pink hairiness of the young 

 shoots, and the regular spacing of the leaves on the stem all contrib- 



Fig: 1.— The yang-law on a wall trellis. Shoots produced before the middle of Julv bv a 

 vine of Ac/inidia chinensis Planch, which was killed to the ground by a temperature 

 of —17° F. the previous winter. Before autumn the trellis was almost concealed by 

 the foliage. The trellis is on the north side of the house, and the spaces of the trellis 

 are 10 inches square. Photographed at "In the Woods," Chevy Chase, Md., July 



ute to make this climber especially suited to locations where broad 

 masses of green foliage are wanted. An old wall or outhouse, a 

 broad porch or pergola, where the plant is not confined, would be a 

 suitable place for this tit tractive vine. The Chico specimens 

 have flowered profusely. The male flowers, which are borne in 

 masses, are single white blossoms as large as a wild rose and with a 

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